Airplane Emergency Landing - Nose Gear Failure
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2017
- The pilot of a RCMP Pilatus PC-12 fights strong winds and low visibility to land without nose landing gear at Gander International Airport.
The pilot does an amazing job and walks away without injury and minimal damage to the aircraft. - Авто та транспорт
They couldn't have put it down much smoother than that, looks like they didn't do any damage besides the prop. Awesome footage!
TheHDAviation I was in the hangar when they rebuilt it. AME said just a prop and a couple bearings on the power section of the turbine. No fuselage damage at all. Pretty remarkable skills.
Great job catching this moment, and excellent work by the Pilot bringing it in safely.
Wow...the pilot did an amazing job.
Awesome capture! May I feature this landing in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. Cheers and happy new year!
Pilatus, design and built one of toughest single engine turboprops in existence. I can't help but believe that these constant Nose Gear Failures don't have something to do with the way Line Service Technicians at some of these FBOs are conducting Towing Operations on the ground! This happens too frequently.
Hooking up the nose gear and then slamming on the accelerator pedal of the tow, causes the tow to yank the nose gear forward. Then slamming on the breaks after re-positioning the aircraft on the ground, yet again causes the nose gear strut to be slammed around. One of the primary reasons why I do not like my aircraft being touched by FBO employees with anything that even resembles a tow or tow bar.
Think about it folks. When towing, you are pulling and pushing the entire weight of the aircraft through the lateral axis of the nose gear strut itself. That's a lot of force all by itself. Now, add the Impulse Force caused by an FBO Line Service Technician who accelerates and brakes too rapidly while towing the aircraft. It does not take a rocket scientist to see that you are imparting enormous lateral forces through the nose gear strut assembly.
I think THIS accounts for the vast majority of Nose Wheel problems both on take-off and on landing. Why is nobody talking about this? The gear on the PC-12 might as well be classified as "Mil Spec." That aircraft was built for STOL on unimproved runways and does a fabulous job of it. It is probably the most sturdiest and well built gear assemblies in all of GA right now. Some will be the fault of the aircraft, but too many of these things most likely have a different causation.
Yanking the aircraft around on a Tow, is probably the Number #1 culprit and nobody is talking about it. Yet, it happens on Ramps around the world every single day.
We have to start Towing Aircraft in a different way.
amazing you right . please try to contact me i have the solution for it yourfilesave@gmail.com
When an aircraft lands normally the nose gear gets a much bigger jolt and is forced backwards upon hitting the ground a lot harder than any tug or tow bar is going to give! Besides how do you suggest we move the aircraft around if we don't tow it? I know one thing, when I tow an airplane I most definitely don't "yank" or "slam" the aircraft about, we take our time and are very methodical about how and when we do it!
MystikalDawn he is saying what starting from a stop don’t slam on gas and jerk the plane. Same thing stopping , slow down before hitting the break. It’s amazing how much the nose on the turbo commander flexes back and forth when line service is jerky. Pisses me off when I see that
Not sure which is more impressive - the pilot's skill or the strength of that 4-blade Hartzell.
The pilot is Larry LeBlanc of Dieppe, NB
Awesome thanks!!
Writing that guys name down for future use.
Very good flying pilot. Can’t do any better than that. Safe as can be with minimal damage and I hope the crankshaft is not broken or bent.
What a catch mate. Glad it all ended well. Great Video.
What’s up 235FireFly. Сan I add your video (Airplane Emergency Landing - Nose Gear Failure) to my channel?
Damn, nice capture! Most people wouldn't be shooting video in that weather :)
impressive wow. glad I found your channel too!
Thank you for sharing! Nice Job!
skilled pilot
Amazing catch :)
That’s not crashing, it’s parking with style.
Great job to the pilot!
That...is how it's done!! Awesome job.
Great job!!!
Beautiful landing
Excellent landing
Any news on the cause of this issue?
Crappy conditions for an emergency landing.
GJ though. Looks like this couldn't have gone any better.
This is cool! y u no viral?
That plane belongs to the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
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Its -40C no wonder the gear didn't wanted to come out.
Was +7
Never like it when pilots shutdown the engine ...I mean you're not saving anything. Engine still needs an inspection and the prop is being replaced. It's an unnecessary distraction, it's not on any checklist, and in the event something unforeseen happens and you need to go around you're screwed.
Rant over. Nice landing!
PC-12 nose gear unsafe checklist says shut down engine when landing assured.
Actually, you'd not likely have to borescope (or even tear down) the engine if it wasn't turning. Depending on the lateral loads for which the gearbox was designed, you may have little damage beyond the prop.
With the PT6 there is no mechanical connection between the gas generator (the jet engine) and the propellor, so if the gas generator is not running and the prop is stopped there will be no damage beyond the prop and, perhaps the gearbox. Not that any of that is cheap to repair!
If I'm going to have a crash, I'd rather shut down the engine once landing is assured so as not to have fuel flowing all over the place.
Ouff I don’t agree with you ,,prop had 4 blades they only changed 2 and after the inspection the turbine was good to go ,was good to shut down the engine on landing
Hey 235FireFly, do you have an email address at which we could contact you regarding this video? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible? (i.e. via email) :) Cheers, Felix